In 1854, a 26-year-old Chinese man, Rong Hong (Yung Wing), graduated from Yale University.

He returned to China and devoted himself to his motherland, the first Chinese student to graduate from a US university, or "Father of Chinese Overseas Students".

At that time, he would have never expected that a school would be named after him more than half and a century later.

Dehong, a new sister school of Dulwich College International schools, used the Chinese character "hong" from his name to show the great respect to the patriot. And two of the school's four houses were named after Rong and another great Chinese woman Soong Ching Ling.

The school aims to cultivate Chinese children to be bi-lingual with critical thinking and creativity, which will prepare them well to live and work bi-culturally.

During Dehong's briefing session held in Beijing on Saturday, Jing Yao, school development director of Dulwich College Beijing, introduced both the long history of Dulwich and the new vision of its new member Dehong.

"Students are the core in the educational system of Dulwich. We always put students in the first place and give the best things to them. You can find that it is the art works that were displayed around our campus, rather than the school's own achievements," Jing said.

"What we can bring to our students is the judgment of our daily work. And with this belief, we established Dehong."

Lesley Meyer, education director of Dulwich College Beijing, said Dehong intends to cultivate children as good people with nice characters, not just armed with knowledge.

According to Meyer's presentation at the briefing, there will be curriculums that will teach students about the relation between nature and human, taking care of environment and applying the concept of sustainability into their lives.

While Dehong Shanghai opened in 2017, its school in Beijing will officially start its first semester in next September.